HTC Windows Phone 8S Review
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The phone is equipped with a 5 MP camera on the back, and has an LED flash, but no front-facing cam. The camera interface doesn’t stray from the typical WP8 menus and options, allowing you to adjust contrast, sharpness, exposure, saturation and so on. It also throws in face detection and a few color effects, and that’s about it.
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The pictures the HTC 8S takes exhibit blandish color representation and noise is very often too much, though we get enough detail for the resolution. Bright spots get overexposed at times, but there are no glaring white balance issues, and the p
hotos are sharp.
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Video is recorded with HD 720p definition, and maintains fluid 30 fps. It looks a tad bland in terms of colors, just like the stills, but the footage is sharp and detailed enough, provided that you hold the smallish phone very steady. The recorded sound is clear enough, too, as long as it is not too noisy around.
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Multimedia
The WP8 Music + Video hub houses your media collection, and the minimalistic interface makes it easy to browse and play your stuff. The handset’s loudspeaker sound is of fairly average depth and clarity, though it is comparatively strong.
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The HTC 8S plays DivX/Xvid files out of the box, but MKV support is a no-go, and the stock player is with a pretty basic interface. Pop in your microSD card, and your movies and music will be immediately added to the media hub, which is handy.
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15 Comments
1. Nathan_ingx posted on 18 Dec 2012, 09:16 3 1
First of all, the black and white look gives me an Xperia NXT feel (way too much).
And secondly, I'll wait for Lumia 620 :) Better hardware and cheaper if i'm not wrong!!
2. Shubham412302 posted on 18 Dec 2012, 09:45 1 1
yes i was even going to comment the same
lumia620 has same specs and cheaper
and even has 4gigs more inbuilt
and lumia 820 is better than tis and has same price
11. Senthilblr posted on 23 Dec 2012, 05:01 0 0
lumia 620 is ok eventhought the design is infrioir . but how you saying lumia 820 is same price. it will be around 27000. so dont distract people with these kind of illogical statistics.
3. iDroid8 posted on 18 Dec 2012, 11:30 0 0
Yes and it has front camera too-wonder why HTC didn't put one in this
8. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 18 Dec 2012, 14:36 0 0
that was one of my concerns for this phone...........even though im still using android (and plan on continuing for awhile) i checked the review out on youtube of this phone and thought it was just flat out gorgeous! but remembered that it doesnt have a front facing cam.... :( kinda weird that they did that
but if the lumia 620 is better like you guys say, i just hope its not to damn bulky like the other nokia phones!
14. iDroid8 posted on 26 Dec 2012, 05:44 0 0
no its not-surprised me too, there!
4. Scorpion posted on 18 Dec 2012, 13:18 1 0
The design looks alot like SONY Xperia S or P. I'm not for endless lawsuits, but HTC is an innovative company. It's not like them.
7. XperiaUser posted on 18 Dec 2012, 14:36 0 0
this is the best looking WP around at this price ,i will definitely choose 8S over Nokia 620 coz of its design only . :D
6. nando2do posted on 18 Dec 2012, 14:23 0 0
so, if the pictures are taken from htc they look pale and less of color BUT if is taken from IPHONE then the color is REAL? oh! didnt know that..
10. TitoP posted on 23 Dec 2012, 00:38 0 0
I can finally upgrade and I really want a 4GLTE phone. Since it looks like Sprint isn't getting any WP8 phones anytime soon, I've been thinking about getting one of these since we have AT&T in New York. I really want to test out these 4G LTE speeds for transmitting my graphics design work.
12. Seanburns posted on 24 Dec 2012, 18:12 0 0
I got one of these from ThreeUk store last week and so far no issues whatsoever with it. It runs fast,no issues with 512 RAM,looks and feels greats well built too. Screen is very nice and can read well outdoors too. Call quality signal is solid. I got blue one and it is nice. HD video seems better than the photos but photos are only decent in sunlight but there is a slight left handside focus blur but nothing cannot live with until maybe an update fixes it. I got it for £179
15. Koprivetina posted on 01 Apr 2013, 08:12 0 0
This phone is having some serious issues with sound during calls. I got replacement 3 times, and problem wasn’t resolve. With poor HTC support I was forced to change this phone for Nokia Lumia 610.
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